The Carpinteria City Council voted 3-2 to spend $25,000 to survey residents’ attitudes about the quality of service City Hall provides as the first step towards placing an increase in the bed tax on the November ballot. By raising the bed tax from 10 percent to 12 percent — what Santa Barbara charges — council supporters hope to generate an additional $250,000 a year. But councilmembers Joe Armendariz and Kathleen Reddington argued the money could be better spent otherwise. Mayor Al Clark argued a survey was necessary. “I think I know at least half the town,” he said, “but really I know maybe 200 people. For us to go forward, we need a better idea about what the public thinks.”
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Of course Armendariz and Riddington don't care what the community thinks.
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
February 16, 2012 at 9:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)
$25k to find out what people think? Why not just put a full page questionnaire in the weekly paper...or just start listening to some of the merchants who are constantly being dunned by city hall for random, stupid fees.
Bottom line: too many people "working" in city hall and not enough actual "work" being done.
LetMeGetThisStraight (anonymous profile)
February 16, 2012 at 9:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hi Ken,
City Councilman Joe Armendariz also commented on his status update.
City Councilman Joe Armendariz wrote: "i want everyone to pay taxes...and lots of them."
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
February 17, 2012 at 2:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)